ROCO’s 16th season concluded with livestreamed flair on April 24, 2021 in “Flamenco”, featuring the world premiere of “The History of Red”, a co-commission by Reena Esmail based on a text by Chickasaw poet Linda Hogan, with soprano Kathryn Mueller as soloist. Conductor Brett Mitchell made his return to ROCO, also leading the world premiere of Quinn Mason’s Princesa de la Luna for harp and strings, and completing the program are Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Errollyn Wallen’s Photography, and Carlos Surinach’s flamenco for orchestra, Ritmo Jondo, accompanied by live dance from the company Solero Flamenco.